Diversity Speaker Invited for ‘Honest and Engaging Dialogue’

During talks on Wednesdy and Thursday, diversity speaker Maura Cullen addressed multiple groups of Cornellians — including athletes, faculty and the Greek community — about a variety of discrimination issues.

According to Cullen, all people — and specifically, young adults — are guilty of making bad decisions that they would not have made on their own due to peer pressure.

“Sometimes we make poor choices,” Cullen said. “We get in a collective energy — whether it’s with our brothers and sisters, or our teammates — and once we get on a roll, we just keep on rolling. And sometimes, we end up off the tracks.”

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Cornell will kick off its sesquicentennial celebrations this weekend in New York City by illuminating the Empire State Building “Big Red” today. Throughout the weekend, Cornell will hold a series of events and performances in New York City, which will begin with President David Skorton, NBC correspondent Kate Snow ’91 and the Big Red Bear lighting the Empire State Building at 2 p.m.

The weekend will continue with a The Today Show feature on Saturday morning followed later in the day by events with surprise celebrity guest appearances, according to Charles Phlegar, vice president for alumni affairs and development.

Since last Spring’s Student Assembly elections, four Student Assembly members have resigned — two at the end of the spring semester and two this academic year, according to Matthew Henderson ’16, vice president for internal operations for the S.A.

Henderson said the S.A. plans to hold additional elections over the next two weeks to fill the vacancies. Noah Tulsky ’16, Zak Palomino ’16, Thaddeus Talbot ’15 and Seth Lutsic ’17 have resigned for various reasons, according to Henderson.